A study on employee's job satisfaction towards reward in private hospital

A study on employee's job satisfaction towards reward in private hospital

This purpose of the study is to investigate the factor which influences job satisfaction among employees in a private hospital. Job satisfaction can be explained as a worker’s evaluation on the level about the work atmosphere which accomplishes an individual’s requirement. The objective of this stud...

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A study on employee's job satisfaction towards reward in private hospital
description This purpose of the study is to investigate the factor which influences job satisfaction among employees in a private hospital. Job satisfaction can be explained as a worker’s evaluation on the level about the work atmosphere which accomplishes an individual’s requirement. The objective of this study is to examine the relationship between reward and job satisfaction. The study involved 102 respondents from private hospital workers. The survey method was collected by using questionnaire to the employee who in the private hospital which located in Kajang. This is a quantitative research hence the questionnaire was developed to analyze using “Statistical Package for Sosial”. There are two (2) types of techniques analysis has been adapted which is descriptive analysis and inferential analysis techniques. The purpose is to determine the relationship between independent variables which is rewards (Monetary reward and Non-monetary reward) and dependent variables (Job Satisfaction). This study had recognized that reward is one the factor that influences the job satisfaction. According to the findings, only one independent which is reward was focused. The relationship between job satisfaction and rewards (monetary and non-monetary) is significant. From the researcher view, the organization should not ignore this problem which may cause a sudden decrease in the satisfaction of the nurses. This study has played an important role to identify variables contributing towards employees’ Job satisfaction and also identified few steps to reduce the problem of turnover intention.
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spelling my-uum-etd.59122021-04-05T01:37:37Z A study on employee's job satisfaction towards reward in private hospital 2016 Abiramee, Selvarajah Hassan, Zuraida Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business HF5548.7-5548.85 Industrial Psychology HF5549-5549.5 Personnel Management. Employment This purpose of the study is to investigate the factor which influences job satisfaction among employees in a private hospital. Job satisfaction can be explained as a worker’s evaluation on the level about the work atmosphere which accomplishes an individual’s requirement. The objective of this study is to examine the relationship between reward and job satisfaction. The study involved 102 respondents from private hospital workers. The survey method was collected by using questionnaire to the employee who in the private hospital which located in Kajang. This is a quantitative research hence the questionnaire was developed to analyze using “Statistical Package for Sosial”. There are two (2) types of techniques analysis has been adapted which is descriptive analysis and inferential analysis techniques. The purpose is to determine the relationship between independent variables which is rewards (Monetary reward and Non-monetary reward) and dependent variables (Job Satisfaction). This study had recognized that reward is one the factor that influences the job satisfaction. According to the findings, only one independent which is reward was focused. The relationship between job satisfaction and rewards (monetary and non-monetary) is significant. From the researcher view, the organization should not ignore this problem which may cause a sudden decrease in the satisfaction of the nurses. 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